One Year On, Sandy Survivors to Light Up Shore

Foundations and pilings are all that remain of brick buildings and a boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J., Oct. 30, 2012, after they were destroyed when a powerful storm that started out as Hurricane Sandy made landfall on the East Coast on Monday night. (Seth Wenig/AP Photo)

NEW YORK (AP) - Superstorm Sandy survivors are keeping vigil along the water's edge one year after the devastating storm flooded hundreds of miles of coastline and destroyed whole communities.

People will pay their respects on Tuesday to the people that were lost and the places that were destroyed in New York and New Jersey. Elected officials plan to journey to storm-damaged areas.

Some survivors will bring candles to the beach and light up the shoreline. Others will help rebuild homes or plant sea grass on sand dunes.

It's a time of healing for many who suffered in Sandy's wake.

New York City resident Lily Corcoran says it will be difficult to remember the sound of waves crashing against her home at the height of the storm.

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